The Latest Breaking News from St. Louis Fed

What you need to know… On Friday the Labor Department reported March nonfarm payrolls, which showed that the U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs, which was near the 238,000 expectation. The unemployment rate ticked lower to 3.5% from 3.6%. The U.S. stock markets were closed on Friday in honor of the...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +0.36%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.01%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.74%. Stock indexes Thursday recovered from early losses and closed...

A long-dreaded nightmare might be coming true for the housing sector.

On Monday, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard delivered a presentation on the economic landscape to the Barcelona School of Economics.

The U.S. Federal Reserve published a blog pricing eggs with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to demonstrate the 14-month volatility of the leading digital asset against the U.S. dollar.

St. Louis Federal Reserve President Jim Bullard is defending his dissenting opinion that the central bank did not go far enough in raising rates by stressing the need to achieve a “policy rate above 3% this year.”

U.S. indices were trading lower Thursday following comments from St. Louis Fed President James Bullard indicating he favors a 1% rate increase by July 1. Investors also continue to react to worse-than-expected inflation data from earlier in the trading session.